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Stielers Handatlas 10th Edition Map of India and Asia, printed in Stieler's Atlas Map of Iran and Turan in Qajar dynasty drawn by Adolf Stieler. Stielers Handatlas (after Adolf Stieler, 1775–1836), formally titled Hand-Atlas über alle Theile der Erde und über das Weltgebäude (Handy atlas of all parts of the world and of the universe), was the leading German world atlas of the last three ...
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: [tʰɛˈaːtrũː ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrũː], "Theatre of the Lands of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas.Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman [2] and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, [3] it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and supporting text bound to form a book for which ...
The first multi-sheet topographic map series of an entire country, the Carte géométrique de la France, was completed in 1789. [9] The Great Trigonometric Survey of India, started by the East India Company in 1802, then taken over by the British Raj after 1857 was notable as a successful effort on a larger scale and for accurately determining ...
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A "strong person of interest" was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, after finding he had a fake ID with the same name as the one used by the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian ...
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A Child Safeguarding Practice Review is under way to look at the involvement of police and other agencies in the case. Det Insp Joe Davenport from the force said: "It’s incredibly harrowing to ...